Conservation of leather and related materials
By: Marion Kite, Roy Thomson.
Contributors: Thomson, Roy.; State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation.
Series: Butterworth-Heinemann series in conservation and museology
Publisher: Burlington, MA; Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780750648813
Subjects: Leather -- Conservation and restoration.; Hides and skins -- Conservation and restoration.
Other titles: Art Conservation Department Library
Description: Covers all aspects of skin and leather preservation, from clothing to cuir bouilli and taxidermy to bookbindings. Discusses the tools and equipment needed to transform and preserve products including fur, feathers, parchment, fish and reptile skins. Describes how to recognize the animal species and the processing methods employed.
Notes: Art Conservation Department Library.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: The nature and properties of leather / Roy Thomson; value: Collagen: the leathermaking protein / B.M. Haines; value: The fibre structure of leather / B.M. Haines; value: The chemistry of tanning materials / A.D. Covington; value: The mechanisms of deterioration in leather / Mary-Lou E. Florian; value: Testing leathers and related materials / Roy Thomson; value: The manufacture of leather / Roy Thomson; value: The social position of leatherworkers / Robert D. Higham; value: Gilt leather / Roy Thomson; value: Cuir bouilli / Laura Davies; value: The tools and techniques of leatherworking: correct tools + skills = quality / Caroline Darke; value: General principles of care, storage and display / Aline Angus, Marion Kite and Theodore Sturge; value: Materials and techniques: past and present / Marion Kite, Roy Thomson and Aline Angus; value: Taxidermy / J.A. Dickinson; value: Furs and furriery: history, techniques and conservation / Marion Kite; value: The tanning, dressing and conservation of exotic, aquatic and feathered skins / Rudi Graemer and Marion Kite; value: Ethnographic leather and skin products / Sherry Doyal and Marion Kite; value: Collagen products: glues, gelatine, gut membrane and sausage casings / Marion Kite; value: The manufacture of parchment / B.M. Haines; value: The conservation of parchment / Christopher S. Woods; value: Conservation of leather bookbindings: a mosaic of contemporary techniques; value: The conservation of archaeological leather / E. Cameron, J. Spriggs and B. Wills; value: Case histories of treatments.